Xi awarded 3rd term as China’s president, extending rule

[Telugodura456]

18 minutes ago, Spartan said:

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the U.S. and others.

 

it is for 5 years. Power for lifetiem endhi - propoganda nonsense.

[JaiBalayyaaa]

25 minutes ago, Spartan said:

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as the nation’s president Friday, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the U.S. and others.

The endorsement of Xi’s appointment by the ceremonial National People’s Congress was a foregone conclusion for a leader who has sidelined potential rivals and filled the top ranks of the ruling Communist Party with his supporters since taking power in 2012.

The vote for Xi was 2,952 to 0 by the NPC, members of which are appointed by the ruling party.

Xi, 69, had himself named to a third five-year term as party general secretary in October, breaking with a tradition under which Chinese leaders handed over power once a decade. A two-term limit on the figurehead presidency was deleted from the Chinese Constitution earlier, prompting suggestions he might stay in power for life.

There was no indication that members of the National People’s Congress had any option other than to endorse Xi and other officials picked by the Communist Party for other posts. When Xi was named to his first term as president in 2013, NPC members received a ballot with only his name on it and dropped it unchanged into a box. On Friday, reporters were kept at a distance and couldn’t see the four ballots that each delegate deposited into boxes placed around the vast auditorium of the Great Hall of the People.

Xi was also unanimously named head of the Central Military Commission that commands the party’s military wing, the 2 million-member People’s Liberation Army, an appointment that has been automatic for the party leader for three decades.

In other voting, the party’s third-ranking official, Zhao Leji, was named head of the National People’s Congress. The vast majority of the body’s legislative work is headed by its Standing Committee, which meets year-round.

Zhao, 67, a holdover from the previous party Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of political power in China headed by Xi, won Xi’s trust as head of the party’s anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, pursuing an anti-graft campaign that has frozen all potential opposition to Xi.

Former Shanghai party boss and member of the last Politburo Standing Committee Han Zheng was named to the largely ceremonial post of state vice president.

Xi, Zhao and Han then took the oath of office with one hand on a copy of the Chinese Constitution. The session also swore in 14 congress vice chairpersons.

Wang Huning, a holdover from the last Politburo Standing Committee, was later named head of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the NPC’s advisory body that, in coordination with the party’s United Front Department, works to build Xi’s influence and image abroad. Wang has been a top adviser to three Chinese leaders and has authored books critiquing Western politics and society.

Xi’s new term and the appointment of loyalists to top posts underscores his near-total monopoly on Chinese political power, eliminating any potential opposition to his hyper-nationalistic agenda of building China into the top political, military and economic rival to the U.S. and the chief authoritarian challenge to the Washington-led democratic world order.

While six others serve with him on the Politburo Standing Committee, all have longstanding ties to Xi and can be counted on to see to his will on issues from party discipline to economic management.

The standing committee has only men and the 24-member Politburo, which has had only four female members since the 1990s, also has no women after the departure of Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.

Second-ranked Li Qiang is widely expected to take over as premier, nominally in charge of the Cabinet and caretaker of the economy. Li is best known for ruthlessly enforcing a brutal “zero-COVID” lockdown on Shanghai last spring as party boss of the Chinese financial hub, proving his loyalty to Xi in the face of complaints from residents over their lack of access to food, medical care and basic services.

Former head of the manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province, seventh-ranked Li Xi has already been appointed to replace Zhao as head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The congress is also expected to pass a measures intensifying party control over national level government organs as part of Xi’s campaign of centralizing power under the party.

At the opening of the annual congress session on Sunday, outgoing Premier Li Keqiang announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy, setting this year’s growth target at “around 5%.” Last year’s growth in the world’s second-largest economy fell to 3%, the second-weakest level since at least the 1970s.

Separately, the Ministry of Finance announced a 7.2% budget increase in the defense budget to 1.55 trillion yuan ($224 billion), marking a slight increase over 2022. China’s military spending is the world’s second highest after the United States.

In the days then, Xi and his new Foreign Minister Qin Gang have set a highly combative tone for relations with the U.S., amid tensions over trade, technology, Taiwan, human rights and Beijing’s refusal to criticize Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Qin warned in unusually stark terms about the possibility of U.S.-China frictions leading to something more dire.

“If the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing and there surely will be conflict and confrontation,” Qin said in his first news conference since taking up his post last year.

That echoed comments at a small group meeting of delegates from Xi on Monday, in which he said that “Western countries led by the United States have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression of China, which has brought unprecedented grave challenges to our nation’s development.”

Xi followed up on Wednesday by calling for “more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class standards.”

China must maximize its “national strategic capabilities” in a bid to “systematically upgrade the country’s overall strength to cope with strategic risks, safeguard strategic interests and realize strategic objectives,” Xi was quoted as saying to a meeting of delegates by the official Xinhua News Agency.

Asked about China’s future foreign relations under Xi, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning struck a relatively mild tone.

Beijing maintains an “independent foreign policy of peace” and will “continue to view and develop China-U.S. relations in accordance with the principles of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect and win-win cooperation,” Mao said at a daily briefing.

“We hope the U.S. side can also meet us halfway and push China-U.S. relations back on the track of sound and stable development,” she said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom Xi has formed close ties, issued his congratulations, saying Xi’s new term is an “acknowledgement of your achievements as the head of state, as well as wide support of your policy focused on China’s socioeconomic development and protection of its national interests on the global stage.”

Under Xi, China and Russia announced a “no limits” relationship and China has pointedly refused to criticize Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while echoing Moscow’s claim that the U.S. and NATO were to blame for provoking the Kremlin. Beijing has also blasted sanctions imposed on Russia after it invaded Ukraine, while Russia has staunchly supported China amid tensions with the U.S. over Taiwan.

“We will continue to coordinate our joint work related to the most important issues on the regional and international agenda,” Putin said, according to the Kremlin.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, head of the ruling Worker’s Party, also sent congratulations, saying “the two parties and the two countries are defending and advancing socialism, the common cause, while supporting and closely cooperating with each other.” China is the impoverished and isolated North’s most important political ally and source of food and fuel aid.

Same as Modi

[JaiBalayyaaa]

12 minutes ago, Thokkalee said:

No need to change when the country is doing so good under him..

it is foolish to think that these countries are democratic like India or US or any European country.. 

Ohoo, neeku ala anipistunda

[JaiBalayyaaa]

9 minutes ago, Telugodura456 said:

what is the difference ? in india ..democracy mean every 5 year a personality contest aipoindhi.Once they get power they are all bhai bhai anyway.

ANy convictions in 3g scam or anything ? what about amaravati scam ? cases kooda lev.

The difference is that people's opinions matter, however bad they maybe. 

[Spartan]

11 minutes ago, Telugodura456 said:

it is for 5 years. Power for lifetiem endhi - propoganda nonsense.

  propaganda endi.. 2 terms ani tesesi..constituition lo 3rd term icharu...

plan is to go life time.... next term lo kuda ide maata antava.... 4th term ye idi...life time ani ekkada undi ani.

[JaiBalayyaaa]

8 minutes ago, Spartan said:

  propaganda endi.. 2 terms ani tesesi..constituition lo 3rd term icharu...

plan is to go life time.... next term lo kuda ide maata antava.... 4th term ye idi...life time ani ekkada undi ani.

He will say Xi did good for China and Chinese people like him. 

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, JaiBalayyaaa said:

He will say Xi did good for China and Chinese people like him. 

haha...he said, says, and will say...that

[Spartan]

32 minutes ago, JaiBalayyaaa said:

Same as Modi

[argadorn]

43 minutes ago, Telugodura456 said:

it is for 5 years. Power for lifetiem endhi - propoganda nonsense.

Same elections with one option 

[Thokkalee]

1 hour ago, veerigadu said:

good ani ela decide chesthavvv. Native People opinion theesukovali gaaa? 

China is not a democracy.. and people’s opinion don’t matter.. as long as the ruling leader is doing good for the country, isn’t it good for the people?? 

[Telugodura456]

57 minutes ago, Spartan said:

  propaganda endi.. 2 terms ani tesesi..constituition lo 3rd term icharu...

plan is to go life time.... next term lo kuda ide maata antava.... 4th term ye idi...life time ani ekkada undi ani.

Is modi restricted to two terms as per constitution ? most countries alllow their leaders to be elected as many times as they can. china is doing the same,

[Spartan]

4 minutes ago, Thokkalee said:

China is not a democracy.. and people’s opinion don’t matter.. as long as the ruling leader is doing good for the country, isn’t it good for the people?? 

rendu etla fix aitai anna oke stmt la...  oka pakka people doesnt matter anukuntu..inko pakka good for country..

 

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, Telugodura456 said:

Is modi restricted to two terms as per constitution ? most countries alllow their leaders to be elected as many times as they can. china is doing the same,

vallak unde restrictions....Xi kosam lepesaru...adi dugutunna.. ... modi enduku vachindu madyalo

[Telugodura456]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

vallak unde restrictions....Xi kosam lepesaru...adi dugutunna.. ... modi enduku vachindu madyalo

yes they applied the restriction only in 80s anukunta.  It never applied to leaders before like mao. They were doing a lot of soul searching then and decided to follow us example to restrict president for two terms.

but now scene changed and they removed it like in most countries.

[telugu_fan]

14 minutes ago, Telugodura456 said:

yes they applied the restriction only in 80s anukunta.  It never applied to leaders before like mao. They were doing a lot of soul searching then and decided to follow us example to restrict president for two terms.

but now scene changed and they removed it like in most countries.

The restriction of two terms under Deng has some history to it. Mao was the first leader in independent China and he kept ruling in true communist/politician style till he died. His death brought a mini crisis with gang of four, with his wife also involved in that. Mao held the title of the central military commission (CMC), Chairman of Communist party of China and was the its version general secretary till he died.

Deng split the posts up to keep up power sharing with various other people. That led to a Jiang Zemin faction and Hu Jintao factions. maybe they were soul searching as you say, but one other reason was that China learnt from USSR which had a lot of older leaders who passed away in quick succession and led to a relatively young/inexperienced Gorbechev to take reins that saw the dissolution of USSR eventually. So this two terms with people being rotated was brought in.

Xi Jinping tenure saw the consolidation of power back under one person and hence the constant articles as the most powerful one in China after Mao.

What has happened now is just a formality. Xi had already abolished the limits before and it was only to be seen if at all anyone with in the party would even challenge his post. that hasn't happened.